The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26
ON THE TOP OF THE HEAP.
An American Girl Who Has Become q
Leading Lady in London.


NEW YORK, June 25.-Lady Random
Churchill The name of this charming
American lady viii hive in the pages of the
history of the latter part of the Victorian
reign, and the inquiring students of the fu
ture will ransack every available work OF
knowledge in order to find some contelnpo-
raneous view of q parsonage so UNIQUE
The few strokes of pen-sketching done bv
Pepys, the diarist, present to the mind more
forcibly than any painted portrait which is
now extant, the charms of the noted women
of his day. His frequent illusions to Nell
Gwynne as "a mighty pretty souln have
sustained the reputation for beauty of the
famous orange girl of Drury Lane, which
no portrait of her-not even that hung i'm
the Beauty room at Hampden Court Pal.
ace-quite substantiates; ard it is mainly
upon Horace Walpole's persistent references
TO the loneliness of 1.-The beautiful Cummings
that we base our belief III their amazing
comeliness; for, certainly the canvas re.
Gently destroyed by fire in Argyle Castle.
which depicted the beautiful Cunning, who
captured in marriage two dukes in success
sion, Argyll and Hamilton, did not picture
that especial combination of attractions
which we usually look upon as unchal-
lengeable beauty.
Unfortunately, nay, perhaps fortunately.
for these celebrities of loneliness, that hard
hearted truth-teller, the photographer, did
not exist in their day. Photographs of
Lady Randolph Churchill abound. We see
her American ladyship in court dress, in
walking costume, in ball dress With these
photographs, as with those of all of us, the
general features of the face and form are
presented satisfactorily enough; but the
light that shines behind the eyes, the flame
from the unquenchable fire of the soul is
absent. The crowding world of all London,
which was present at Henry Irving's single
afternoon representation of werner"
brought me to elbow-rubbing proximity
with Lady Randolph as she and her Lord
stood waiting for their carriage in the gild-
ed lobby of the Lyceum. Talent and deter
mination are written in characters unmis-
taxable upon this young wife's face The
wide brow shows the mind to conceive, and
the square chin proclaims the power to exc
cute. There could not be single disas-
trous eventuahty in life in which the judg-
ment and advice of this beautifully clear
eyed woman would not be of comforting
value. Those dark limpid eyes are large
and full or thought; there is gravity, but
not sadness, worn upon the immobile lips
Though comedy in face and form, Lady
Randolph would never be placed upon the
lists as professional beauty. She has too
much brains.
She was at1ired in tight-ftting dress Of
small blue and gray plaid silk and wore
high peaked stringless bonnet of black lace,
upon the summit of which a handful of gold
hearted daisies nodded prettily Lord Ran
dolph made his way leisurely through the
crowd which evidently contained many Of
his admirers, for he was greeted with hearty
1eers from the audience when he showed
himself, with his wife, in grand tier box.
Americans would have less difficulty in I'M
derstandmg the immense popularity of Lord
Randolph if they could see how youthful
and engaging is his appearance, and could
comprehend that, by English Conservatives,
Irelands demands for self-government are
looked upon exactly as we looked upon the
intention of the South to secede-namely,
as rebellious and wicked. The young pala-.
din fights for his affairs and his sires, and
jean of Arc with a difference-the splen-
did slender New York girl he has welded
enters the fray and battles for the mainte-
nance of the traditions of the ancient land
which is now her home. The secret of her
secession from democracy aristocracyl All,
it is easily read: "Love rules the camp, the
court, the grove What says the Biblical
maiden2 "Whither thou goest l will go;
thy people shall be my people" Her inter
est in American enterprise shows that Lady
Randolph's conservatism is to be traced to
the fact not that she loves America less but
her husband more. OLIVE LOGAN.